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Improving Communication Of Asthma Related Care Between Pediatric Primary Care Providers And Schools, Jessica N. Heichel
Improving Communication Of Asthma Related Care Between Pediatric Primary Care Providers And Schools, Jessica N. Heichel
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Introduction: Asthma is a life-altering chronic disease that affects many children throughout the state of Michigan. Evidence-based guidelines recommend a written asthma action plan (AAP) be given to all caregivers of children with asthma. This would include schools, but the plans are not making it there. This project focused on collecting school asthma data and designing a process change at a local clinic to send the plans directly to the schools.
Objectives: The goal of this project was to improve communication between healthcare providers and schools for children with asthma. The objectives were to increase the percentage of children with …
Final Defense: Sepsis Screening Tool Assessment At A Freestanding Children’S Hospital In The Midwest, Cassandra Cummings
Final Defense: Sepsis Screening Tool Assessment At A Freestanding Children’S Hospital In The Midwest, Cassandra Cummings
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Pediatric sepsis is a major contributor to childhood morbidity and mortality. Tools for predicting sepsis in pediatric patients have had poor predictive ability nor been validated. Risk assessment screening tools are effective at earlier detection of sepsis. The implementation of an evidence-based pediatric sepsis screening tool could reduce time to detect and diagnose severe sepsis so that patient treatment could occur earlier. This was a quality improvement project that evaluated a sepsis screening tool predictive validity at a children’s hospital.
Improving Rural Pediatric Patient Management Through Streamlined High-Volume Patient Clinical Pathways Enhanced By Standardized Nursing Education For Care Confidence, Marie-Cassandre O. Macdonnell
Improving Rural Pediatric Patient Management Through Streamlined High-Volume Patient Clinical Pathways Enhanced By Standardized Nursing Education For Care Confidence, Marie-Cassandre O. Macdonnell
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Rural America creates a challenging, poorly financed environment for pediatric health. More than 20 million Americans live in areas with physician shortages too great to meet basic health need (Petlz et al., 2013). In comparing rural versus urban data, rural population experience a 7% higher rate of chronic health conditions (44% versus 37%), increased inpatient costs ($8, 507 versus $7, 174) and higher odds ratios for pediatric 30-day readmission. Findings from Khan et al., (2015) note that hospital readmission rates have higher odds ratios in pediatric patients (95% CI); of Caucasian ethnicity 0.74 [0.65–0.84] to 0.88 [0.79–0.99]); when admitted to …